Bundesliga 2: Exact schedule for first two matchdays of the 2025-26 season released

3 July 2025 – Following last week’s announcement that the opening game will see FC Schalke 04 take on Hertha BSC (Friday, 1 August, 8:30 p.m. CEST), today the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga has published the exact schedule for the fixtures for the first two matchdays of the 2025-26 Bundesliga 2 season. Among others, the following matches were scheduled:

Matchday 1
SV Darmstadt 98 – VfL Bochum 1848 | Saturday, 2 August, 1:00 p.m. CEST
DSC Arminia Bielefeld – Fortuna Düsseldorf | Saturday, 2 August, 8:30 p.m. CEST
Hannover 96 – 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Sunday, 3 August, 1:30 p.m. CEST

Matchday 2
SC Preußen Münster – SC Paderborn 07 | Friday, 8 August, 6:30 p.m. CEST
SG Dynamo Dresden – 1. FC Magdeburg | Saturday, 9 August, 1:00 p.m. CEST
1. FC Kaiserslautern – FC Schalke 04 | Saturday, 9 August, 8:30 p.m. CEST
Hertha BSC – Karlsruher SC | Sunday, 10 August, 1:30 Uhr p.m. CEST

From Matchday 2 onwards, two matches will be played on Fridays, four on Saturdays and three on Sundays. The next exact fixtures for the Bundesliga (Matchdays 1-5) and Bundesliga 2 (Matchdays 3-7) are expected to be made next week (7-11 July).

The current fixtures can be downloaded as accessible PDF here (in German):